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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  1. Classical Mythology
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  2. Genealogy
    Greek Pantheon Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia) Aeolids 2 (Corinth & Orchomenus) House of Elis (Aeolids 4) House of Calydon (Aeolids 3) Lapith House of Thessaly Early House of Argos House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids) House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns) Houses of Thebes & Crete House of Pelops House of Sparta House of Odysseus Descendants of Aeacus Houses of Athens Houses of Arcadia House of Troy and Dardania The Pleiades (The Atlantids) Children of Helius Houses of the Seers Houses of the Rome Giants and Monsters Roman Pantheon
  3. House of Pelops

House of Pelops

  • Children of Pelops

  • House of Atreus

Children of Pelops

Atlas (Titan) Pleïone (mother of the Pleiades) Asterope (Pleiade) Cronus (Titan) Tantalus (king of Sipylus in Lydia) Niobe (queen of Thebes) Zethus (king of Thebes) Amphion (king of Thebes) Antiope (daughter of King Nycteus of Thebes) Chloris (mother of Nestor) 7 sons of Niobe ? 6 daughters of Niobe ? Pelops (king of Pisa) Oenomaus (king of Pisa) Hippodameia Chrysippus Atreus (king of Mycenae) Thyestes (king of Mycenae) Aegeus (king of Athens) Theseus (Athenian hero and king) Neleus (king of Pylos) Astydameia (wife of Alcaeus) Anaxo (wife of Electryon) Nicippe (wife of Sthenelus) Lysidice (wife of Taphos) Acrisius (king of Argos) Eurydice (daughter of Lacedaemon and Sparta) Danae Perseus (king of Mycenae and Tiryns) Andromeda Electryon (king of Mycenae and father of Alcmene) Alcaeus (father of Amphitryon) Sthenelus (king of Mycenae and father of Eurystheus) Iphicles (half-brother of Heracles) Iolaus (nephew and companion of Heracles) Alcathous (king of Megara) Telamon (king of Salamis) Ajax (Salamian hero) Alcmene (wife of Amphitryon) Heracles Eurystheus (king of Tiryns and Mycenae) Pittheus (king of Troezen) Troezen (king of Troezen) Amphitryon

The family tree of Pelops displays his descendants, such as Agamemnon, Menelaus and Orestes. Several of his daughters were married into Perseus' family, so also see the House of Perseus. You will find that Pelops was a great-grandfather of the hero Heracles (Hercules).

Also, the children of Amphion and Niobe varied in number from source to source. The usual numbers were seven sons and seven daughters. It most texts, only Chloris survived, because she was married to Neleus, king of Pylos. When the killing started, Chloris was living in Pylos. See the Wrath of Heaven about the myth of Niobe.

House of Atreus

This family tree shows only the children and descendants of Atreus and Thyestes.

According to Greek myth, Atreus and Thyestes migrated to Argolis, because they had murdered their half-brother, Chrysippus, who was a favourite son of Pelops. Perseus' son Sthenelus was king of Mycenae and Tiryns at that time. Sthenelus welcomed the brothers and gave them the city of Midea to rule. When Eurystheus died, Atreus and Thyestes contested with one another for Mycenae. Their rivalry and enmity led to a cycle of violence and bloody murders that lasted for another two generations.

See the House of Atreus for the full tales of this family.

Below is an alternative family tree to Atreus' family.

According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, Agamemnon and Menelaüs were the sons of Pleisthenes, instead of the sons of Atreus; therefore Atreus was a grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaüs.

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Houses of Argolis

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Genealogy:

  • • Greek Pantheon
  • • Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia)
  • • Aeolids 2 (Corinth & Orchomenus)
  • • House of Elis (Aeolids 4)
  • • House of Calydon (Aeolids 3)
  • • Lapith House of Thessaly
  • • Early House of Argos
  • • House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)
  • • House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)
  • • Houses of Thebes & Crete
  • • House of Pelops
  • • House of Sparta
  • • House of Odysseus
  • • Descendants of Aeacus
  • • Houses of Athens
  • • Houses of Arcadia
  • • House of Troy and Dardania
  • • The Pleiades (The Atlantids)
  • • Children of Helius
  • • Houses of the Seers
  • • Houses of the Rome
  • • Giants and Monsters
  • • Roman Pantheon
House of Pelops

House of Pelops

Another important family arrived in Greece. Pelops won a wife and kingdom in a chariot race in Pisa, and his children and descendants would establish an important dynasty in Mycenae and Argos. For Niobe, see Wrath of Heaven, Folly of Niobe . House...

August 23rd, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)

House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)

The family tree above shows the descendants of Io , on the Belid branch, which include such heroes as Perseus and Heracles. The names in blue are the Heraclids or the descendants of Heracles, who would later conquer Argos, Sparta and the region of...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Atreus and Thyestes

Atreus and Thyestes

During Perseus' reign, Pelops was king of Pisa while his wife Hippodaemia bore him many children, including Pittheus (king of Troezen), Atreus (Ἀτρεύς) and Thyestes (Θυέσης). Pelops cleverly married most of his daughters to the sons of Perseus : A...

August 23rd, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Pelops

Pelops

Pelops (Πñλοψ) was the son of Tantalus and brother of Niobe . His father had killed him and served his flesh to the gods, hoping to fool the gods. The gods punished Tantalus and restored Pelops to life. Demeter , who had eaten part of Pelops' shou...

August 23rd, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Royal Houses

Royal Houses

In ancient Greece, a city would dominate the surrounding countryside. More powerful cities would have a citadel situated in a strategic position in the city, generally on higher ground. Within these walled strongholds, temples were built for the w...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Sparta

House of Sparta

The large family tree above combines the Houses of Laconia and Messenia together. The links between the two kingdoms come from marriages. The first link was when Polycaon, son of Lelex, migrated to Messenia and married the Argive princess, Messene...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Houses of Argolis

Houses of Argolis

Argolis was a region in northeastern Peloponnesus. There, several powerful cities were built on the Plain of Argolis: Argos, Tiryns and Mycenae. The myths that are about to be unfolded, were set in these cities. The stories involved the descendant...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Houses of Thebes & Crete

Houses of Thebes & Crete

The following two family trees show the two powerful houses of the two kingdoms of Thebes and Crete. Like the Houses of Argolis, they were descendants of the river god Inachus and his daughter Io, and these descendants were known as Inachids, but ...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Lapith House of Thessaly

Lapith House of Thessaly

The family tree shown above lists the royal family of the Lapiths in Thessaly. The Lapiths ruled around the valley of the Peneius River in Thessaly. This family were the descendants of the river god Peneius and his wife Creusa, a daughter of Ge (G...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)

House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)

The family tree that you see above contains the link between Proetus and the Aeolids, Melampus and Bias. Their descendants would become involved in two wars against Thebes ( Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni ), before the Trojan War. I wasn't a...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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